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ArticleJournal of cancer epidemiology2016

Promoter Methylation and mRNA Expression of Response Gene to Complement 32 in Breast Carcinoma.

Ebrahim Eskandari-Nasab, Mohammad Hashemi, Firoozeh Rafighdoost

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Article in Journal of cancer epidemiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. RGC-32 and diseases: the first 20 years.Immunologic research · 2019
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  4. Role of C5b-9 and RGC-32 in Cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2019
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ebrahim Eskandari-NasabGenetics of Non-Communicable Disease Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan 9816743463, Iran; Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan 9816743463, Iran.
Mohammad HashemiDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan 9816743463, Iran.
Firoozeh RafighdoostSchool of Dentistry, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan 9816743463, Iran.
Zahedan University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background. Response gene to complement 32 (RGC32), induced by activation of complements, has been characterized as a cell cycle regulator; however, its role in carcinogenesis is still controversial. In the present study we compared RGC32 promoter methylation patterns and mRNA expression in breast cancerous tissues and adjacent normal tissues. Materials and Methods. Sixty-three breast cancer tissues and 63 adjacent nonneoplastic tissues were included in our study. Design. Nested methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (Nested-MSP) and quantitative PCR (qPCR) were used to determine RGC32 promoter methylation status and its mRNA expression levels, respectively. Results. RGC32 methylation pattern was not different between breast cancerous tissue and adjacent nonneoplastic tissue (OR = 2.30, 95% CI = 0.95-5.54). However, qPCR analysis displayed higher levels of RGC32 mRNA in breast cancerous tissues than in noncancerous tissues (1.073 versus 0.959; P = 0.001), irrespective of the promoter methylation status. The expression levels and promoter methylation of RGC32 were not correlated with any of patients' clinical characteristics (P > 0.05). Conclusion. Our findings confirmed upregulation of RGC32 in breast cancerous tumors, but it was not associated with promoter methylation patterns.

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